Colobochyla interpuncta

Colobochyla interpuncta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Colobochyla
Species:	C. interpuncta
Binomial name
	Colobochyla interpuncta; (Grote, 1872)
Synonyms
	Colobochyla saligna Zeller, 1872; Colobochyla interpuncta rufa (Grote, 1883);

Colobochyla interpuncta, the swamp belle or yellow-lined owlet, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1872. It is found in North American wetlands from Wisconsin to Nova Scotia south to Florida and Texas.

The wingspan is 20–24 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September. There are two generations per year in Ohio and Connecticut and more southward.

The larvae feed on willow.

References edit

Wagner, David L.; Schweitzer, Dale F.; Sullivan, J. Bolling & Reardon, Richard C. (2011). Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691150420.
"930590.00 – 8411 – Colobochyla interpuncta – Yellow-lined Owlet Moth – (Grote, 1872)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
Entz, Chuck (November 17, 2018). "Species Colobochyla interpuncta - Yellow-lined Owlet - Hodges#8411". BugGuide. Retrieved February 11, 2020.

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